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Note: Codebooks contain frequency data from the private data release. For some
variables, these differ from the frequencies in the public release. Variables
that differ between the public and private versions include "(not available
on public release)" as part of the variable description, or a note indicating
the difference between the public and private versions.

Marriage

mrstat Current marital status
mrmore-mrhist Marital history details
rrmr75f Is the graduate married to a graduate respondent?
mr75idus IDPRIV of graduate's spouse
cmcmbg Century month when current marriage began
agrcm Age of graduate when graduate married current spouse
nochcm Number of children born during current marriage
mrceds Educational attainment of current spouse
mrcags,agspcm Current spouse's age
csplfs,mrcrs Current spouse's work status
incrs-ocicrs Codes and scores for current spouse's current/last job
spsibs-spsis Current spouse's number of sibling details
spinct Did current spouse live with both parents until spouse was 16?
sphhos,sphoh Who is current spouse's head of household when spouse was 16
edsphh Spouse's head of household's education when spouse was 16
insphh-ocisph Codes and scores for current spouse's head of household's job
cmbglm Century month for beginning of current/last marriage
marcur-cmenlm Current/last marriage termination details
agrlm Age of graduate when married last current/last spouse
lmnoch Number of children born during current/last marriage
edlspu Educational attainment of previous spouse at time of marriage
agelss Age of current/last spouse when graduate married spouse
cmfmbg Century month when first marriage began
fmstat-cmenfm First marriage termination details
agrfm Graduate's age at first marriage
fmnoch Number of children born during first marriage
edfsp Educational attainment of first spouse
agefsp Age of first spouse when spouse married graduate
First loop for second marriage (*=s), second loop for third marriage (*=t)
cm*mbg Century month when marriage began
*mstat Termination status of marriage
cmsl*m Century month when stopped living with spouse
cmen*m Century month of official termination of marriage
*mnoch Number of children born during marriage
A complete marriage roster that harmonizes data from all waves has been created
and is available for download. To read more about the cross-wave harmonized
marriage roster

Note: In all releases prior to 6/95, major industry variableshad codes "10" and "12" condensed into "10".See Appendix E - COR569 for Correction of error in majorindustry codes or Change Notice #1. See Appendix E - COR713 and MEMO133 for creation of major industry,major occupation, status, and prestige.

ocmcrs: 1970 Major occupation code for current spouse's current/last job.

Note: This code divides occupation into broad categories derivedfrom occupation, industry and class of worker. (Group IIoccupation is the name used for this variables in the OCGII codebooks.) See Appendix E - COR713 and MEMO133 for creation of major industry,major occupation, status, and prestige.

Note: There is an implied decimal point one place to the left ofthe right most digit.

The 1970-basis occupational education score is the percentage of personsin the 1970 Census in an occupation/industry/class-of-worker category who completed one year of college or more. See Appendix P--cor638 and cor713 for details, and a recommended transformation of this variable is described in MEMO133.

ocicrs: 1970 Occupational income score for current spouse's current/last job.

Note: There is an implied decimal point one place to the left ofthe right most digit.

The 1970-basis occupational education score is the percentage of personsin the 1970 Census in an occupation/industry/class-of-worker category who completed one year of college or more. See Appendix P--cor638 and cor713 for details, and a recommended transformation of this variable is described in MEMO133.

Note: If R answered "don't know" to the initial question asking aboutjob of current spouse's head of household when current spouse was 16 years old, they skipped the entire section. Therefore, if INSPHH = -1 the remaining variables = -2. (321 people answered "don't know" to Q109and were coded -3 on INSPHH and -2 on OCSPHH. Four people answered something other than "don't know" for INSPHH and asnwered "don't know" to specific questions.)

See Appendix E for Coding of 1975 and 1977 industry,occupation, and class of worker.

cwsphh: Class of worker code for current spouse's head of household when spouse was 16.

Note: There is an implied decimal point one place to the left ofthe right most digit.

The 1970-basis occupational education score is the percentage of personsin the 1970 Census in an occupation/industry/class-of-worker category who completed one year of college or more. See Appendix P--cor638 and cor713 for details, and a recommended transformation of this variable is described in MEMO133.

ocisph: 1970 Occupational income score of current spouse's head of household when spouse was 16.

Note: There is an implied decimal point one place to the left ofthe right most digit.

The 1970-basis occupational education score is the percentage of personsin the 1970 Census in an occupation/industry/class-of-worker category who completed one year of college or more. See Appendix P--cor638 and cor713 for details, and a recommended transformation of this variable is described in MEMO133.